Chile hacia el 2000

Collection of 116 documents including correspondence, consular documents, newspaper articles and other material by and about Mistral.

A catalog of books deposited in the library under law of 1872; and, from 1891-1898, books by Chilean authors, or relating to Chile, published in other countries.

"Carefully researched study of the economic impact of the Chilean occupation of Lima during the War of the Pacific. Looks at banking and the roles of emerging Spanish and Chinese merchants. Concludes that the economic 'ruin' of Lima by the end of the occupation was nearly complete. Suggests that the economic issues of the Chilean occupation were so profound that they played a significant role in delaying the final settlement of the War of the Pacific claims until 1929"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Siútico. Arribismo, abajismo y vida social en Chile es una crónica valiente, incisiva, cómica y a la vez terrible, que se pasea por los juicios y prejuicios de la sociedad chilena. El autor revela en su recorrido una fauna compuestade pitucos y rotos, del mediopelo que aspira a más y el abajista que sueña con ser más corriente y menos rubio. Una senda histórica en donde la desigualdad y la discriminación son norma y las palabras pueden transformarse en armas de destrucción selectiva. Siútico es un libro sobre cuicos y pelientos, sobre patrones y vasallos, pijes arrebatados y...